Explore Rudy, Arkansas, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rudy, Arkansas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Arkansas or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Rudy.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Rudy |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Crawford County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.527455 |
| Longitude | -94.240384 |
| Population | 130 |
| Density | 31.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 72952, 72921 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| County Seat | Van Buren |
| School District | Alma School District |
Rudy emerges from the deep, verdant folds of the Arkansas landscape where the earth settles into a quiet, enduring patience. It lies 7.7 miles northeast of Van Buren, AR (from Van Buren, AR: bearing 35°T), and is situated 4.4 miles northwest of Alma. The persistent current of Frog Bayou carves a path through the lowlands, its dark water mirroring the shifting canopy of hardwood trees that define the local horizon. To the east, the distant silhouette of Bloomer Ridge marks the boundary of the world, while the terrain closer to the center of the land dips into the shadowed embrace of Bonita Hollow. The atmosphere here carries the scent of damp loam and pine, especially when the afternoon light turns the color of pale honey, clinging to the ridges before the evening cool descends.
Rudy maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects a long heritage grounded in the rhythms of the soil and the seasonal cycles of the surrounding woodland. While residents might travel a few miles to Lake Alma for a moment of stillness or visit the Alma Community Canter for local gatherings, the life of the place remains anchored in the quiet industriousness of those who tend to the land. The economy has historically leaned into the quiet strength of regional agriculture and the labor of the timbered hills, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. This is a place where the history of the frontier persists in the simple integrity of the architecture and the way the shadows lengthen across the clearings, leaving the traveler with a sense that the ground itself holds a memory of everything that has passed this way.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rudy, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.527455, -94.240384. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Rudy includes the ZIP code (72952, 72921), telephone area code (479), county seat of Crawford County (Van Buren), and school district assignment (Alma School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |